Urban Dwelling Home Inspection offers thorough and complete home inspections to buyers within Seattle and surrounding areas. Each inspection is conducted as a complete ASHI inspection unless walk thru services are requested. On a typical inspection, an inspector examines the home to determine the condition of the structure and at the end of the inspection, the condition of the structure is conveyed verbally to you in simple terms. A full report is always e-mailed out in a PDF format as soon as possible, usually from the inspection site or as soon as a wireless network is available.

A WSDA certified Wood Destroying Organism inspection can be performed on request. This is available as an additional cost due to liability exposure. If a WDO inspection is requested, it will require additional time to prepare the report. Please keep this in mind when scheduling your home inspection.


Within the State of Washington, the Department of Agriculture oversees the licensing of the home inspection industry. The WSDA has special requirements regarding the home inspection process. It is essential that your home inspector meets the proper guidelines. More information on this topic can be found at the state website that is listed below:

http://agr.wa.gov/PestFert/LicensingEd/ListStructuralPestInspectors.htm.

A home inspector is defined by the State of Washington as:

Structural Pest Inspector:

An individual who performs the service of inspecting a building for wood destroying organisms, their damage, or conditions conducive to their infestation. Wood destroying organisms include insects or fungi that will consume, excavate, develop in, or otherwise modify the integrity of wood or wood products. They include, but are not limited to, carpenter ants, moisture ants, subterranean termites, damp wood termites, beetles in the family Anobiid, and wood decay fungi (wood rot).